Photo: Ian Poellet (User:Werewombat) · CC BY-SA 3.0Dufur’s library runs 393 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 60 for libraries its size
Dufur School/Community Library serves 2,402 people in and around Dufur. Last year it lent 5,951 print books and media and logged 12K visits.
Dufur’s library, in brief
Seven times the programs of a typical library its size
Dufur School/Community Library ran 944 programs last year, about 18 a week. That’s 393 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 60. People show up: 6,508 attended. Kids & programs ↓
Programs are almost all for children
92% of the 944 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 2.1 a week for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
Kids’ books are most of what goes out
Children’s books and media make up 67% of print loans. Per resident, kids’ borrowing is higher than at 57% of similar-size libraries. What people borrow ↓
This summary is written from the numbers on this page. Numbers are the library’s own report to the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024; Dufur School/Community Library serves 2,402 people in and around Dufur, and its numbers cover all of them; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Dufur’s civic life grade
Dufur isn’t graded on civic life: TownRatings grades towns of 1,000 residents or more.
Civic life counts registered nonprofits, library visits and online volunteering groups, so it can miss civic life that runs through congregations, mutual aid or neighbors looking out for each other.
Library visits: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024. Nonprofits: IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File, October 2026. Volunteering: Social Capital Atlas (Opportunity Insights), from data by Meta Platforms, Inc.; Chetty et al., Nature 2022. How TownRatings grades civic life →
About 17 kids’ programs a week
Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
story times and programs a week for ages 0–5, on average.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 5 of 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Dufur School/Community Library serves 2,402 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 3 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Dufur School/Community Library system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
5,951 print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
Find it
Dufur School/Community Library, 802 NE Fifth St., Dufur.
No late fees. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Dufur School/Community Library branch.
New in Dufur? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $1.04 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Dufur cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $140K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $146K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $140K budget.
Fine-free. No late fees on books returned late.
Retail prices are typical, rounded down: a new book $17, a kids’ book $12, an e-book or e-audiobook $15, a movie rental $4, a class or program $10, a computer or Wi-Fi session $3. The average cardholder’s month = the library’s yearly loans, attendance and Wi-Fi sessions ÷ its 534 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- Digital loans not reported. The library didn’t report e-book loans, so borrowing here is print only.
- System-wide. Dufur School/Community Library serves 2,402 people in and around Dufur, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Dufur.
Hours are the survey’s yearly average; libraries are compared with others serving about as many people. How TownRatings uses library figures →
Questions about the library and civic life in Dufur
Does Dufur have a public library?
Yes. Dufur School/Community Library, 802 NE Fifth St., serves 2,402 people in and around Dufur (the survey’s count) and is open about 34 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Dufur School/Community Library fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Dufur’s library?
It logged 5.2 visits and lent 2.5 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Dufur’s civic life grade?
Dufur isn’t graded on civic life: TownRatings grades towns of 1,000 residents or more. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Dufur.
Libraries: Institute of Museum and Library Services, Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024. Each library reports its own numbers. Distances are straight-line from the town center. “What your card is worth” uses typical retail prices and is an estimate, not an official figure.